5. Sim Gonna Sim
I'll be honest, the phrase "Sim gonna sim" took on a completely new meaning for me after this season with NOLA. I know belive that the horrible, awful, mean-spirited Sim seeks to humiliate, embarrass, and destroy those who seek hope. The sim leaves nothing but destruction in its wake and the New Orleans Second Line S42 season is the perfect example of the kind of evil I speak of with the sim.
This S42 NOLA squad knew what we were coming into this season. We were a low TPE team of young, hungry, newer users and a couple of savvy veterans looking to finish their players out strong. We didn't expect to win anything other than stealing a couple of games here and there. That's all we wanted… we wanted to make some noise, scares some teams, and snags a win or two along the way.
But the way the sim toyed with our hearts was on a completely different level.
The number of games we lost by 3 points or less on last second OUTLANDISH plays by the sim is incalculable, hurtful, and downright devastating. The sim sought to break us.
One of the more devastating moments was the Second Line's Week 8 matchup against Sarasota. Sarasota was supposed to be better. They were supposed to be a good team. Spearheaded by Willie Miller and Lucius Salem on the offensive side of the ball, Sarasota should have run through us with ease, but they didn't. This young NOLA team had them on the ropes. NOLA had a chance with just a few minutes remaining in the game. With the game tied 31-31 Sarasota was backed up deep on their own side of the field on a 3rd and long and the NOLA defense looked locked in and unstoppable.
All we needed was this one stop on the 3rd and long. That's it. We were THAT close to getting the ball back into the hands of our domineering offense which was running roughshod over the Sarasota defense through the 2nd half.
Not ONLY did the sim give Sarasota the 1st down, but Salem caught the ball right at the 1st down marker and ran it all the way in for the TD. A damn TE beat our ENTIRE SECONDARY IN A FOOT RACE TO THE END ZONE.
It was heartbreaking and unbelievable. Especially because the week before we had barely lost the game against HON on a last second turnover and FG, but the loss to SAR was far more devastating. It would have broken any other team. But this New Orleans Second Line team is different. We were built different.
Yea, "Sim Gonna Sim" has taken on a new meaning for me. It means that the league and the sim know what this team is about to do to them. The fear they can all sense and smell in the air is thick and palpable. It's the smell of utter domination seeping it's a day through the cracks of this league. Arizona, CTC, and HON have all had a nice run but it's almost NOLA time and the Sim could see it.
The algorithms and calculations of the sim pointed in one direction only. The sheer willpower, strength, and dominance of a hungry team gaining power.
The sim is gonna sim. It's going to do everything it can to stop this Dynasty from taking its rightful place at the top of the ISFL, but there's nothing it can do. There's nothing anyone can do.
So keep simming you little sim league darlings. You'll need every bit of help you can get and then some. Keep your little pet Sim beside you and say your prayers at night.
The New Orleans Second Line is coming. It's coming for all of you and your pretty little sim too.
I'll be honest, the phrase "Sim gonna sim" took on a completely new meaning for me after this season with NOLA. I know belive that the horrible, awful, mean-spirited Sim seeks to humiliate, embarrass, and destroy those who seek hope. The sim leaves nothing but destruction in its wake and the New Orleans Second Line S42 season is the perfect example of the kind of evil I speak of with the sim.
This S42 NOLA squad knew what we were coming into this season. We were a low TPE team of young, hungry, newer users and a couple of savvy veterans looking to finish their players out strong. We didn't expect to win anything other than stealing a couple of games here and there. That's all we wanted… we wanted to make some noise, scares some teams, and snags a win or two along the way.
But the way the sim toyed with our hearts was on a completely different level.
The number of games we lost by 3 points or less on last second OUTLANDISH plays by the sim is incalculable, hurtful, and downright devastating. The sim sought to break us.
One of the more devastating moments was the Second Line's Week 8 matchup against Sarasota. Sarasota was supposed to be better. They were supposed to be a good team. Spearheaded by Willie Miller and Lucius Salem on the offensive side of the ball, Sarasota should have run through us with ease, but they didn't. This young NOLA team had them on the ropes. NOLA had a chance with just a few minutes remaining in the game. With the game tied 31-31 Sarasota was backed up deep on their own side of the field on a 3rd and long and the NOLA defense looked locked in and unstoppable.
All we needed was this one stop on the 3rd and long. That's it. We were THAT close to getting the ball back into the hands of our domineering offense which was running roughshod over the Sarasota defense through the 2nd half.
Not ONLY did the sim give Sarasota the 1st down, but Salem caught the ball right at the 1st down marker and ran it all the way in for the TD. A damn TE beat our ENTIRE SECONDARY IN A FOOT RACE TO THE END ZONE.
It was heartbreaking and unbelievable. Especially because the week before we had barely lost the game against HON on a last second turnover and FG, but the loss to SAR was far more devastating. It would have broken any other team. But this New Orleans Second Line team is different. We were built different.
Yea, "Sim Gonna Sim" has taken on a new meaning for me. It means that the league and the sim know what this team is about to do to them. The fear they can all sense and smell in the air is thick and palpable. It's the smell of utter domination seeping it's a day through the cracks of this league. Arizona, CTC, and HON have all had a nice run but it's almost NOLA time and the Sim could see it.
The algorithms and calculations of the sim pointed in one direction only. The sheer willpower, strength, and dominance of a hungry team gaining power.
The sim is gonna sim. It's going to do everything it can to stop this Dynasty from taking its rightful place at the top of the ISFL, but there's nothing it can do. There's nothing anyone can do.
So keep simming you little sim league darlings. You'll need every bit of help you can get and then some. Keep your little pet Sim beside you and say your prayers at night.
The New Orleans Second Line is coming. It's coming for all of you and your pretty little sim too.